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Charles Lawson

Acting · Born September 17, 1959 · Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Born 17th September, 1959 in Enniskillen as Quintin Charles Devenish Lawson, Charles Lawson is a Northern Irish actor best known for playing Jim McDonald in Coronation Street on and off since 1989. He has also worked with iconic British filmmakers like Alan Clarke in 1988 and Mike Leigh in Four Days in July in 1985.

Charles Lawson movies and shows

  • The Bill1984
  • GMTV1993
  • Screen Two1985
  • Dalziel and Pascoe1996
  • Bread1986
  • Harry's Game1982
  • The Firm1989
  • Up Line1987
  • Four Days in July1984
  • Funboys2023
  • Wilt1989
  • Puckoon2002
  • Titanic: Birth of a Legend2005
  • Ascendancy1983